The Presidency has dismissed the opposition coalition rallying around the African Democratic Congress (ADC), calling it a desperate and incoherent attempt to unseat President Bola Tinubu. It advised the group to shelve any 2027 ambitions and focus instead on the 2031 general elections.

Presidential spokesperson Sunday Dare, addressing journalists in Abuja on Saturday, accused the coalition of being driven by “avarice and opportunism” rather than national interest.

“There is no vacancy in Aso Rock until 2031,” Dare declared. “President Tinubu is not even two years into a transformative administration that is delivering reforms with courage, clarity, and vision.”

He stated that the President’s administration remained unmatched in political reach and democratic capacity.

Dare said power currently resided in the region “rightfully due”, and accused certain “disgruntled politicians” of “political harlotry” for aligning with the ADC.

Drawing a contrast with the 2013 APC merger, which he said was guided by national interest, Dare noted that Tinubu had then played the long game and built a viable structure based on discipline and grassroots support—qualities he claimed the current coalition lacks.

“None of the individuals in this coalition has the credibility or followership to unite even a ward, let alone a country,” he said.

He also dismissed allegations of injustice within the system as a “political fairy tale” designed to mislead Nigerians. “There is no injustice to redress—only ambition to control the national treasury,” Dare said.

Responding, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar described the ADC coalition as a patriotic movement committed to national interest. He pledged to resist electoral fraud and bad governance.

ADC Interim National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, also rejected the Presidency’s remarks, saying the party’s mission was not simply to unseat Tinubu and the APC, but to present a viable alternative to what he described as an emerging one-party system and the erosion of national institutions.